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A blog about tenant led stock transferTue, 09 Jun 2015 08:21:38 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on The Tory Right to Buy for HA tenants is fundamentally unfair by Bill Heywoodhttps://righttotransfer.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/the-tory-right-to-buy-for-ha-tenants-is-fundamentally-unfair/comment-page-1/#comment-190
Tue, 09 Jun 2015 08:21:38 +0000http://righttotransfer.wordpress.com/?p=62585#comment-190Bob, my critique remains the same – it is a terrible policy per se and also a grossly unfair one for the reasons outlined above.
However it won’t make much if any difference to us if we transfer. Our tenants have the RTB now and this will be preserved post transfer.
The key local factor is that most of our stock is designated defective non-traditional construction which makes it hard to mortgage. We will always have RTB sales whether we transfer or not, but nowhere near as many as if our properties were traditionally built.
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Mon, 08 Jun 2015 20:48:04 +0000http://righttotransfer.wordpress.com/?p=62585#comment-188Whats your views now theyre in Bill? And its becoming policy. Could it screw up your business plans?
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Fri, 17 Apr 2015 22:32:47 +0000http://righttotransfer.wordpress.com/?p=62585#comment-185Actually thinking about it this is nothing more than an attempt to privatise whats left of council housing! Why shouldnt HAs be forced to sell their highest value stock off?! What next tenanted homes being flogged to HAs ??? What a disgrace. ..
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:42:27 +0000http://righttotransfer.wordpress.com/?p=62585#comment-184The tories are filth. Always have be always will be. Enoch bloody Powell. .enough said. Thatcher..the most rotten evil divisive uncaring pm ever. Shes not totally to blame for the decline in council housing though sales go back as far as the 50s all she did was enshrine it in law that you could. Horrid policies she had though. Nasty cruel etc. This could lead to the ruination of small to medium HAs to be fair, leading to more mergers which is of course what the tories would like
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 20:44:24 +0000http://righttotransfer.wordpress.com/?p=62585#comment-183This election is very hard to call, but clearly the Tories will do, say and promise anything to try and win. This RTB proposal is shockingly bad even by the Tories low standard on housing, but it may be good for winning votes. It appeals to narrow self-interest and the negative effects are complex and diffuse. On the other hand, more people rent privately and they will be very annoyed to see £billions spent bribing HA tenants. So could be a vote loser too.
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 20:38:50 +0000http://righttotransfer.wordpress.com/?p=62585#comment-182Sadly we know that central government can force local authorities to sell homes even if they don’t want to – look at the current Right to Buy. If it uses primary legislation then there isn’t anything that councils can do about it. As HAs are not state bodies the legal position is less clear. The Government would probably face a legal challenge under the European Convention on Human Rights which guarantees the right to free enjoyment of one’s property. HAs would argue that being forced to sell at a discount was a breach of this right. Let’s hope we never have to test this argument.
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 19:14:13 +0000http://righttotransfer.wordpress.com/?p=62585#comment-181I dont think it will happen to be fair. I cant for a minute imagine the tories getting in. Some of their policies are good ones but the horrific ones are much more. I dont think I could ever really bring myself to vote for them. Whats even more appalling though is Labours reaction to it. “We will look very closely at it”. What the hell…
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 18:45:27 +0000http://righttotransfer.wordpress.com/?p=62585#comment-180I cant see how it will work to be honest. For a start the govt dont actually own any of the stock. The individual councils do.so technically surely they cpuld tell the govt to get lost?
Eg when councils take their housing back in house from almos they don’t have to ask the govt for permission? In the same vein that the govt brought in affordable rents, not many councils have taken it up. ( notably housing associations have lapped it up!)
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 15:17:12 +0000http://righttotransfer.wordpress.com/?p=62585#comment-179The plan is to sell the best homes in Cannock Chase as they become empty so the Tories can send the money to the home counties.
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:53:09 +0000http://righttotransfer.wordpress.com/?p=62585#comment-178Tory scum. A further attempt at privatisation. Also how could say cannock sell homes if the vast majority are tenanted?
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